manage without

manage without (someone or something)

To be able to operate, function, or carry on adequately without a particular person or thing. Look, it will be tough, but we've managed without a second income before, and we'll find a way to do it again. If that's your attitude, Jerry, then you can just leave. The team will manage just fine without you.
See also: manage, without
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

manage without someone or something

to do as well as possible without someone or something. Carla said that she just can't manage without Jerry. We just can't manage without some more money.
See also: manage, without
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • manage without (someone or something)
  • make do
  • without a second thought
  • carry on without
  • carry on without (someone or something)
  • be lost without (someone or something)
  • be/feel lost without somebody/something
  • leave one to own devices
  • leave somebody to their own devices
  • leave to someone's own devices
References in classic literature
"And there's no reason why we cannot still manage without it."
The Sea Wolf
Jane lay anxiously and restlessly in bed with a feverish headache, wondering how her sister could manage without her.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
"Of course it's a dead simple case, and we can probably manage without it.
The Yellow Crayon
They didn't see how they was to manage without orderin' up more food--they felt that empty inside."
Secret Garden
I am, as you know, always anxious that you should go about in a style worthy of your position, but unless you can manage without calling on me to pay away hundreds of pounds every season to Madame Smith, you had better give up society and stay at home.
Unsocial Socialist
"I don't know how we could manage without him," answered the elder woman querulously.
Picture Of Dorian Gray
"I'm sorry--if you could manage without it, I think I would rather not."
A Room With A View
"However in the world could I manage without a tent?"
The Call of the Wild
Lida," said she to the youngest one, "you must manage without your chemise to-night .
Crime And Punishment
The Philippines can manage without the intervention of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Senator Panfilo Lacson said Friday.
Lacson: Philippines can manage sans UNHRC intervention
How England manage without so many of their bankers may say a lot about the depth of their resources.
Root eager to prove he is a T20 match-winner
Can I manage without all these unnecessary extras and live a life of greater simplicity?" he asked.
Pope urges more 'sharing and giving' in Christmas mass
But I have just learnt to manage without my fingers," says the 38-year-old Filipino from Cebu in the Philippines.
This cashier manages with no fingers on one hand
After the initial anxiety subsided and my phone battery went dead, I thought to myself, well why don't I see how I manage without it?
Turn off, tune in and drop out of the smartphone rat race for a change
But Finger underlined that the government needs to immediately move to correct the situation on its external and fiscal fronts and added that its policy actions would decide whether Pakistan can manage without the IMF's financial support after June 2018.
Economy still poised for 5.6% growth: IMF